Building Community Resilience Together
The Row River Valley Community Partnership (RRVCP) is honored to receive the support of the South Valley/Mid Coast Regional Solutions Advisory Committee (RSAC) for our ongoing efforts to construct a new Central Fire Station serving the Row River Rural Fire Protection District.
Our Main Station Project represents the heart of our mission to strengthen community safety, resilience, and preparedness across the Row River Valley. The facility will serve as a hub for fire protection, emergency response, and neighborhood coordination in a rural area with limited access routes and high wildfire risk.
“This project directly advances our regional priority of Community Resilience by building capacity in the wake of the 2020 wildfires, growing coordination across public, private, and philanthropic sectors, and investing in the built environment to enhance public safety.”
— South Valley/Mid Coast Regional Solutions Advisory Committee
Through collaboration among local residents, public agencies, and philanthropic partners, RRVCP is building more than a fire station. We are investing in the long-term security and vitality of our valley. Together, we are transforming local initiative into lasting resilience.
We extend our sincere thanks to the South Valley/Mid Coast RSAC for recognizing and supporting this vital project. Their endorsement underscores the importance of community-driven solutions and the shared commitment to safeguarding Oregon’s rural regions for generations to come.
Friends & Partners
Our goal is to grow into a resilient and prepared community to reduces the risk and impact of catastrophic wildfires on the life and livelihoods in the Row River Valley; to create a wildfire-adapted community knowledgable and actively engaged in fire mitigation including defensible space measures. Our strength lies in commitment of our volunteers, community groups, and government agencies who partner with us to safeguard the 25-mile stretch of Wildland-Urban Interface known as the Row River Valley. We are please to have the following support from these quality individuals, agencies, and organizations:
- Governor Kotek
- Congresswoman Hoyle
- Senator Merkley
- Senator Prozanski
- Senator Hayden
- Representative Conrad
- Commissioner Buch
- Lane County Commissioners
- Alan Ferschweiler, OFSSC
- John Flannagan, ODF
- Patence Winningham-Melcher, ORCEMS
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Lane County Emergency Management
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Jeff Griffin WHA
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ISO
- John Wooten, SLCFR
- Chad Minter, South Lane County Fire & Rescue (SLCFR)
- Row River Water District
- Chris Cline, South Cascade District Forester
- Special District Association of Oregon (SDAO)
- Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM)
- Lane County Fire Defense Board
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Lorane Fire and rescue
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Scappose Fire
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Greenhills Fire
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Lakeside Fire
- Sauvie Island Fire & Rescue
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Cottage Grove Community Foundation
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Pleasant Hill Goshen Fire
- McKenzie Long Term Recovery
- Locals Helping Locals, McKenzie Chapter
- Dorena School
- Dorena Parent Group
- Child’s Way
- Row River Christian Church
- Grove Christian Camp
- Dirt Cheap Copies
* Please refer to the active links to view individual support letters.
Thanks to these Community Organizations
CoBank provided a matching grant alongside Lane Electric. Rural America’s Cooperative Bank® for the rural America.
We are proud to be recognized within the Cottage Grove Community as an important member of South Lane County.
Cow Creek was one of our first donors, who took a chance on an unknown and unproven community organization. Thank you!
Lane Electric Cooperative has our safety in mind. When they heard of local efforts to establish fire protection, they were all in! Thank you for your support and for your partnership in a Safer Row River Valley.
Warmest thanks to Maybelle Clark MacDonald for providing Personal Protection Equipment to our firefighters!
Thank you to Roundhouse Foundation for their generous gifts in outfitting and training our firefighters!
Thank you to Siletz Tribal Charitable Contributions Fund for recognizing the need to protect our firefighters. We greatly appreciate their help in outfitting our team with quality safety equipment.
Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund has provided funding for equipment and both materials and funds toward the construction of our satellite stations. Thank you!
We are greatly indebted to Woodard Family Foundation, who attended our first community meeting and joined us in our mission. They hold the distinct position of being our first donors. With their help we have made great strides in our main station plans, our satellite stations, and much more. Their greatest gift was their belief and trust in us from the very start.
Thank you Representative Charlie Conrad!
2023 House of Representative Courtesy.
